Corkscrew



(No Model.)

H. L.Y PERRYMAN GORKSGREW.

No. 257,062. Patented Apr.25, 1882.

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HARRY L,`PERRY1\IAN, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

CORKSCREW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,062, dated April 25, 1882,

Application filed Fehrnary, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, HARRY LEONARD PER- RYMAN, of Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Corkscrew; and I do herebydeclare that the followingis a full, clear, and eX- act description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forini1ig part of this specification, in which- Figure is a side view ot' my improved corkscrew. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on the linex x, Fig. l, and Fig. 3, a transverse section taken on the line y y, Fig. 1.

My invention relates to improvements in corkscrews; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement oi' the parts, whereby in the rapid movement of the handle upward in drawing a cork it is suddenly stopped, thereby giving a jerk to the cork and drawing it more readilythan by the ordinary method, in which a continuons pull is exerted upon the cork.

In the accompanying drawings, a represents the handle of my improved corkscrew, ot' the usual construction.

b represents a tube secured at one end to the middle 'ot' the handle, and provided with the longitudinal slots c c, lying opposite each other.

d represents the shank of the corkscrew, provided at its lower end with the screw l, of the usual construction', and near its upper end with the oppositer studs, h h, adapted to fit in the slots c and guide the shank d in its reciprocationsin the tube b, and act as stops to the tube b in its upward and downward movements.

In practice, in drawing a cork fromv a bottle the screw l is inserted into the cork in the usual ina-nner, the handle being pressed down so that the shank ofthe corkscrew is inserted in the tube, a rapid upward pull is then given the handle, and the tube secured thereto slides rapidly up the shank until the lower ends ot' the slots c c strike the opposite studs or stops, h h, near the upper end of the shank d, when a sudden jerk isimparted to the latter and its screw and to the cork, thereby more readily d rawiug the cork than in the ordinary method of drawing it., in which the cork is subjected to a continuous pull.

What I claim as my invention isl. The combination, with a corkscrew provided with a shank, d, of mechanism, substan tially as described, whereby in drawing a cork a sudden jerk is imparted thereto, substantially as specitied.

2. The combination, with the tube b, provided with the opposite slots, c c, and handle c, secured to one end of the tube, of the screw Z and shank d, having stops h la, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

HARRY LEONARD PERRYMAN.

Witnesses:

GHAs. L. BAUM, JNO. T. JONES. 

